Hong Kong Government Seeks to Ban Four More Pro-Democracy Legislators

Moves against opposition lawmakers have already seen two barred from office

Hong Kong’s government said Friday it was seeking to ban four pro-democracy legislators, in another move against opposition lawmakers that has already seen two barred from office.

The government said in a statement that it requested a court to declare the four legislators’ oaths of office invalid and vacate their seats. The legislators, Lau Siu-lai, Leung Kwok-hung, Edward Yiu, and Nathan Law, marched to the offices of Hong Kong’s...